They found that when compared to college-age students in the '80s, there was no significant difference in the amount of sexual contact or number of sexual partners.

If this is true, then why do we believe we're having more sex than any other generation?

News media claims the hookup has replaced the dating social script.

You know, the dinner date and the doorstep kiss.

Instead, we “Netflix and chill.”

But the real reason we think we're having more sex has to do with a cultural shift in our country that lets us talk about sex more openly.

America is a hyper-sexualized society, and every inch of our Millennial bodies is scrutinized.

News media is constantly reporting on hook-up culture, as if it defines our sex lives.

That's a problem, especially when we see it all the time just scrolling down our Facebook News Feeds.

We close out of Facebook, open up Spotify and start listening to Drake.

It just never ends.

I want it to end.

Therefore, I'm gifting you three ways I have caught news media negatively impacting the way we view our sex lives:

1. The data is usually not representative.

One of the biggest examples I came across was an article that focused on survey data.

The article assumes the worst about hookups. It said:

Nine in 10 students report physical pleasure as a motivation for hooking up, while 54 percent reported emotional reasons for the hook up.

I don't know about you, but as I explained in detail to the nun president of my university and the board of trustees when I presented my research, I was very much attached to one of the guys I hooked up with.

The depth of our emotional interactions is never reported, though sexual health research has looked at the motherf*cking rainbow of different types of hookups that exist.

Booty call hookups are far different from hooking up with that cute girl from your chemistry class whom you really like.

Also, according to The Washington Post, Millennials have about eight sexual partners at most, which is a decrease from previous generations, with Baby Boomers at an average of 11 partners and Generation-X at an average of 10 partners.

2. Myths, stereotypes and cultural assumptions are perpetuated.

It was astonishing to find that Brock Turner pleaded not guilty because his “intentions were not to try and rape the girl without her consent,” but to “hook up” with the woman, according to NBC Bay Area.

He said this even though he was caught at the scene, and even though the police report showed the woman was unconscious when found.